Introduction
This page explains what personal information we gather when you visit a School of Clinical Medicine website (www.phts.org.uk) and details how that information is used.
Who will process my personal information?
The information published here applies to the use of your personal information (also known as ‘personal data’) by the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine through the viewing or use of its website (www.phts.org.uk). The information published here is limited to the use of personal information by Clinical School websites; various other notices are published in relation to our use of the personal information of service applicants, students, staff, research participants, and others.
Personal information collected
When you visit this website in the phts.org.uk domain we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. For information about how Google Analytics uses your personal information, please see http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
We also collect the request made by your browser to the server hosting the website which includes the IP address, the date and time of connection and the page you ask for. We use this information to ensure the security of our websites and we delete it after a maximum of 3 months. We may use and disclose it as necessary in the event of a security concern or incident.
For information about how we use cookies on our websites, please see https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-this-site/cookies.
The use of your personal information in the above ways is necessary for the legitimate interests of the University in operating and improving its websites, analysing their use, and ensuring their security. Our websites collect very little personal information and we use it in ways that are compatible with your individual rights and freedoms. Where you enter your personal information into an online form on any of our websites for any specified purpose, you will be told about the use we will make of that information (e.g. to send you newsletters or to enable your attendance at an event).
Form Data
Data submitted via our Contact form is kept for 14-days, and then destroyed.
Further information
For more information about how we handle your personal information, and your rights under data protection legislation, please see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/general-data.